when the drover said to his trail bosses:

"Boys, I suppose you are all anxious to get a good remuda for
this summer's trip. Well, I've got them for you. The only
question is, how can we distribute them equitably so that all
interests will be protected. One herd may not have near the
distance to travel that the others have. It would look unjust to
give it the best horses, and yet it may have the most trouble.
Our remudas last year were all picked animals. They had an easy
year's work. With the exception of a few head, we have the same
mounts and in much better condition than last year. This is about
my idea of equalizing things. You four old foremen will use your
remudas of last year. Then each of you six bosses select
twenty-five head each of the Dodge horses,--turn and turn about.
Add those to your old remudas, and cull back your surplus,
allowing ten to the man, twelve to the foreman, and five extra to
each herd in case of cripples or of galled backs. By this method,
each herd will have two dozen prime saddlers, the pick of a
thousand picked ones, and fit for any man who was ever in my
employ. I'm breaking in two new foremen this year, and they shall
have no excuse for not being mounted, and will divide the
remainder. Now, take four men apiece and round up the saddle
stock, and have everything in shape to go into camp to-night.
I'll be present at the division, and I warn you all that I want
no clashing."

A ranch remuda was driven in, and we saddled. There were about
thirty thousand acres in the pasture, and by eleven o'clock
everything was thrown together. The private horses of all the
boys had been turned into a separate inclosure, and before the